New fone dood like Saltheart said it's junk. If you don't get all the minerals off the board before they dry then there will be hydroscopic moisture making circuit paths all over the place. In other words every time it rains or is humid your fone is toast and will likely die again even if it works temporarily.
Verizon is best system still. CDMA is a better digital technology which results in better clarity. Cingular is TDMA, Nextsmell is IDEN, Others are GSM or TDMA. The best clarity out of all of them is CDMA. I am a dinosaur. I installed the third cellular fone in Ma., back when it was one site on Bear Hill in Waltham, then they added Worcester about a year later and wow it opened up a whole new world. Back when fones were $4k or more. Portables didn't exist. First portable was the Motorola L8000 it was larger than a brick.
I feel old now. grump
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